#4E8B8A#4E8B8A

#4E8B8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.063 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8B8A
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 138)
HSL	hsl(179, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(179, 44%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.94, -19.97, -5.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.94, 20.76, 195.78°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% -0.0615 -0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.063 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.9602, 21.9186, 27.3768)
Luminance	0.2192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8B8A #8B4E4F

analogous

#4E8B6B #4E8B8A #4E6E8B

triadic

#4E8B8A #8A4E8B #8B8A4E

tetradic

#4E8B8A #6B4E8B #8B4E4F #6E8B4E

square

#4E8B8A #6B4E8B #8B4E4F #6E8B4E

split-complementary

#4E8B8A #8B4E6E #8B6B4E

monochromatic

#223D3C #386463 #4E8B8A #6BACAB #92C2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#4E8B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#4E8B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8B8A

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8B8A	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84868A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#318E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.063 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84adac',
    500: '#4e8b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8b8a;
$custom-light: #84adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.016,
    "s": 28.111,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59544,
    "c": 0.06347,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8B8A

secondary

#AE8787

accent

#6365C4

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8B8A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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